Legal Opinion
Collins v. Heffernan
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 13, 1946PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDickstein, J.
This is an application to set aside the action of the Board of Elections declaring invalid the designating petition of Charles A. Collins as a candidate of the Democratic Party for State Senator from the Twenty-first Senatorial District. The petitioner also seeks an order validating his petition and directing the Board of Elections to print his name as a candidate in the forthcoming primary election.
Insofar as the petitioner seeks to set aside the action of the Board of Elections it is based on the fact that the Board of Elections did not have the right to seek evidence of facts not appearing…
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